The bachelor's, master's, doctor's and first professional degrees awarded to men and women in U.S. public and private institutions are summarized for 30 discipline areas and 10 professional disciplines. (MSE)

A taxation plan requiring those who have attended public colleges and universities to pay a state tax based on length of attendance, the percent established by the legislature, and the average income of all wage earners in the state is proposed, to be phased in over an extended period. The revenues would then revert to state-financed higher…

Ways that two history departments, one at a private university and the other at a state college, have coped with declining enrollment and the increased competition for students, funds, and faculty are described. (MLW)

Litigation has not clearly defined the relationship between students and colleges. Courts have applied contract theory, in loco parentis, and constitutional theory. A concept based on trust that accepts the uniqueness of the educational process is presented as the most feasible way to define students' relationship to college institutions. (MD)

Regional exchange programs of reciprocity for out-of-state students are discussed and specific programs are reviewed. They offer a viable alternative to the nonresident student who faces higher costs by attending a public institution of higher education outside his home state. (LBH)

This report presents an analysis of the University's evaluation of its Academic Preparation and Educational Partnership Programs. Three recommendations are made for strengthening the evaluation processes in the future: (1) For academic preparation programs that have scholastic selection criteria, it is recommended that the University strengthen…

This publication provides governmental and higher education decision-makers a statewide perspective of Arkansas public higher education finance for the 2005-07 biennium, as well as trends for the past several years. It also contains a detailed financial profile of each institution and presents a basis for comparative assessments of revenue…

This study attempted to determine alcohol and drug use rates of students at a college located in a city with a predominant religion that promotes abstinence, and to determine what prevention strategies might be implemented to help students with drug or alcohol problems. In the fall of 1997, 612 students and 119 faculty responded to survey…

This study developed and tested a method to determine how well each two-year institution in a state system is in preparing students for the successful completion of four-year college study and how successful each four-year institution is in graduating students from the two-year colleges that transfer to it. The study used data provided by the…

The purpose of this project was to review the Farm Management curriculum at the North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) to determine if current curriculum content provides the knowledge and skills needed to be an entry-level farm manager in a contemporary farming operation. The nominal group technique was selected for this curriculum review.…

This paper describes the solution developed by Michigan State University to increase the institutions capacity for strategic innovation while respecting the Universitys limited financial means. One element of Michigan States strategy has been to send cross-institutional teams to participate in the Knight Collaboratives Wharton-IRHE (Institute for…

This report projects 12-year enrollment demand for California's three public higher education systems, analyzes campus physical capacity and projected capital outlay costs, and discusses economic trends and California's ability to sell bonds to finance future higher education construction. The report is a major update to a 1995 report, "A…

This document presents the Florida Education Training Placement Information Program follow-up studies on various groups of students. A 1993-94 study on initial quarterly earnings upon degree completion indicated that community college Associate in Science (AS) degree students earned more than bachelor degree students. This finding led to a more…

This report resents tables of repeated course enrollment data in Florida community colleges for the fall 1993 cohort. Overall, the percent of repeats in college preparatory courses was greater than that of college credit courses. Within ICS codes, the highest percentage of credit repeat enrollments was in mathematics; the second highest was in…

This paper describes a few of the more important national characteristics of community colleges and state community college systems, the latter in three "snapshots" taken at different times in the 20th century. This paper is divided into the following topics of discussion: state coordination and governance structures, mission evolution,…